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Let human thought
itself
expand
Bright Sun of Knowledge , in me rise !
Lead
me to those exalted
skies
To live and love and understand
!
Paying no price , accepting
nought
The Giver and the Gift are one
With the Receiver -O thou Sun
Of thought , of bliss transcending
thought ,
Rise
where division
dies ! Absorb
In glory of the glowing orb
Self and its shadow ! 1
And ,
Within the charméd
space is nought
Possible
unto thought .
There in their equilibrium
They float —how still , how numb !
There must they rest , there will they stay
Innocent
of the judgement
day .
Remote
from cause , effect retires .
Act slays
its
dams and sires
.
There
is
no hill
,
there
is
no pit
.
They have
no
mark
to
hit
.
It
is
enough
.
Closed
is
the sphere
.
There
is
no more
to
hear
.
They perish
not
;
they
do
not thrive
.
They are
at
rest
,
alive
.2
1
The Sword
of
Song
,
Pentecost
,
vol
.
ii,
p
.
183
.
2
Gargoyles
,
vol
.
iii,
p
.
104
.
“
Ecstacy
or
vision
begins
when
thought
ceases
,
to
our con
sciousness
,
to
proceed from ourselves
.
It
differs from dreaming
,
because the subject
is
awake
.
It
differs
from hallucination
,
be
cause
there
is
no
organic disturbance
:
it
is,
or
claims
to
be
,
a
temporary
enhancement
,
not
a
partial
disintegration
,
of
the
mental
faculties
.
Lastly
,
it
differs
from
poetical
inspiration
,
because
the imagination
is
passive
."
—
W
.
R.
INGE
,
Christian
Mysticism
,
p
.
14
.